# Rithmic for prop firms

> Rithmic provides broker- and FCM-neutral futures market data, order routing and server-side risk management that funding evaluators (prop firms) use behind many third-party trading front ends. Rithmic publishes no price list; pricing is by quote (no prices for prop firms or institutions published; businesses are directed to contact Rithmic). In the PipValley Index (529 prop firm sites crawled on 12 Oct 2026), 25 show Rithmic.

- Source: https://pipvalley.com/tech/rithmic
- Publisher: PipValley - web design studio for prop trading firms
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- Disclosure: PropSuite is PipValley’s technology partner; it is labelled wherever it appears. Facts are from vendor pages and named press, checked 12 Oct 2026.

## Company

- **Legal entity**: Rithmic, LLC [1][3]
- **Headquarters**: 1 Ramland Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA [3]
- **Founded**: 2006 (Pearl River, New York) [3]
- **Website**: www.rithmic.com 

## Modules

- R | Trade Execution Platform: market data hub, order management hub and risk management hub. [1]
- Ticker Plant (market data), Order Plant (routing), History Plant (tick data back to December 2011). [1]
- Risk Management System / R | Manager: server-side pre-trade and post-trade risk with auto-liquidation, 10+ liquidation criteria (trailing min balance, end-of-day drawdown, loss limit, profit limit, quantity limits and more), Admin Only and Liquidate Only modes, end-of-day reports. [2][3]
- R | Trade Copier and R | Trade Follower for server-side copy trading. [1]
- R | Trader Pro desktop front end, web and mobile apps; R | API Suite for developers. [1][3]
- Exchange Simulator. [1]

## Markets, platforms, model

- Markets: Futures
- Platforms: R | Trader Pro, NinjaTrader, ATAS, Bookmap, MotiveWave, MultiCharts, Jigsaw Trader, Agena Trader, Optimus Flow
- Delivery model: API, SaaS
- Integrations listed: CME, EUREX, Nasdaq

## Pricing (as published, checked 12 Oct 2026)

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices for prop firms or institutions published; businesses are directed to contact Rithmic. [1]

## Launch and operations

- **Launch time**: Not published 
- **Payments**: Not published 
- **KYC**: Not published 
- **Payouts**: Not published 
- **Risk and capital**: Risk rules run server-side between the exchange and the trader's platform, so a disconnected trader is still subject to the firm's rules; auto-liquidated accounts are locked to Admin Only. The prop firm configures the rules; no statement on payout risk. [2]

## They say

- They say order routing latency is sub-microsecond. [1]
- They say infrastructure scales from 4 accounts to 40,000 or more for funding evaluators, FCMs and brokers. [1]
- They say over a dozen platforms are compatible; the platform directory lists 33. [1][4]
- They say they have operated continuously since 2006. [1]

## Who uses it (PipValley Index)

Rithmic: 25 of 529 (of 529 prop firm sites crawled 12 Oct 2026; firms whose pages show the vendor, not customers).

## Timeline

- 2015: R | Manager launched with server-side auto-liquidation; headquarters moved to Orangeburg, NY. [3]
- 2022: Mobile and web app released. [3]
- 2025: Server-side copy trading launched. [3]

## Who it suits

- Futures firms: Rithmic lists Futures as markets.
- Traders who already know it: Rithmic: 25 of 529 prop firm sites in the PipValley Index show it.
- Firms already on CME, EUREX or Nasdaq: Integrations listed: CME, EUREX, Nasdaq.

## Who it does not suit

- Founders who need a list price up front: No prices for prop firms or institutions published; businesses are directed to contact Rithmic.
- Founders without capital to fund payouts: Risk rules run server-side between the exchange and the trader's platform, so a disconnected trader is still subject to the firm's rules; auto-liquidated accounts are locked to Admin Only. The prop firm configures the rules; no statement on payout risk.
- Founders who want the vendor to build the marketing site: Infrastructure vendor; no marketing-site product found.

## Websites

Infrastructure vendor; no marketing-site product found. [1] PipValley designs and builds prop firm websites wired to Rithmic: [plan your launch](https://pipvalley.com/contact?src=tech-rithmic).

## Questions

### What is Rithmic?

Rithmic provides broker- and FCM-neutral futures market data, order routing and server-side risk management that funding evaluators (prop firms) use behind many third-party trading front ends. We list it under futures data and order routing and futures platform.

### Who owns Rithmic?

Rithmic trades as Rithmic, LLC. Location: 1 Ramland Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. Founded: 2006 (Pearl River, New York)

### How much does Rithmic cost?

Rithmic does not publish prices (www.rithmic.com, checked 12 Oct 2026); pricing is by quote. No prices for prop firms or institutions published; businesses are directed to contact Rithmic.

### Which trading platforms does Rithmic support?

Rithmic lists R | Trader Pro, NinjaTrader, ATAS, Bookmap, MotiveWave, MultiCharts, Jigsaw Trader, Agena Trader and Optimus Flow (www.rithmic.com, checked 12 Oct 2026). Confirm the ones you need before signing.

### Can I run a futures prop firm on Rithmic?

Rithmic lists these markets: Futures.

### What does Rithmic include?

Rithmic lists: r | Trade Execution Platform: market data hub, order management hub and risk management hub; ticker Plant (market data), Order Plant (routing), History Plant (tick data back to December 2011); risk Management System / R | Manager: server-side pre-trade and post-trade risk with auto-liquidation, 10+ liquidation criteria (trailing min balance, end-of-day drawdown, loss limit, profit limit, quantity limits and more), Admin Only and Liquidate Only modes, end-of-day reports; r | Trade Copier and R | Trade Follower for server-side copy trading; r | Trader Pro desktop front end, web and mobile apps; R | API Suite for developers; exchange Simulator.

### Does Rithmic pay my traders or provide capital?

Risk rules run server-side between the exchange and the trader's platform, so a disconnected trader is still subject to the firm's rules; auto-liquidated accounts are locked to Admin Only. The prop firm configures the rules; no statement on payout risk.

### How do I start a prop firm using Rithmic?

Rithmic is sold as api and saas. It publishes no launch time. Ask for a quote. You also need a company, payments, KYC, legal documents and a website; PipValley builds the website and wires it to Rithmic.

### Which prop firms use Rithmic?

In the PipValley Index (529 prop firm sites crawled on 12 Oct 2026), 25 show Rithmic. The Index counts firms whose public pages show the vendor; it is a lower bound on visibility, not Rithmic’s customer list, and we don’t name individual firms here.

### Does Rithmic build prop firm websites?

No. Infrastructure vendor; no marketing-site product found. PipValley designs and builds prop firm websites that connect to it.

### What are the alternatives to Rithmic?

The closest vendors in our dataset are NinjaTrader Prop, Volumetrica Trading, Tradovate Prop and Tradesea. Each has its own page with sourced facts.

## Sources

1. [Rithmic: Home](https://www.rithmic.com/) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
2. [Rithmic: For Funding Evaluators](https://www.rithmic.com/solutions/funding-evaluators) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
3. [Rithmic: About](https://www.rithmic.com/company/about) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
4. [Rithmic: Compatible platforms](https://www.rithmic.com/ecosystem/platforms) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
5. [Rithmic: Prop firms ecosystem](https://www.rithmic.com/ecosystem/prop-firms) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
6. PipValley Index crawl, 12 Oct 2026 (https://pipvalley.com/tech#methodology) - index, checked 2026-10-12